diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 6402a41b902363286603ddc433b4566cf0d697b8..fe3891e240b34aa798cdf496f3def99cc7922603 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3527,6 +3527,8 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *rsv;
+	u64 min_size = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 2);
 	unsigned long nr;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -3554,22 +3556,44 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		goto no_delete;
 	}
 
+	rsv = btrfs_alloc_block_rsv(root);
+	if (!rsv) {
+		btrfs_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
+		goto no_delete;
+	}
+
 	btrfs_i_size_write(inode, 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * This is a bit simpler than btrfs_truncate since
+	 *
+	 * 1) We've already reserved our space for our orphan item in the
+	 *    unlink.
+	 * 2) We're going to delete the inode item, so we don't need to update
+	 *    it at all.
+	 *
+	 * So we just need to reserve some slack space in case we add bytes when
+	 * doing the truncate.
+	 */
 	while (1) {
-		trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
-		BUG_ON(IS_ERR(trans));
-		trans->block_rsv = root->orphan_block_rsv;
-
-		ret = btrfs_block_rsv_check(trans, root,
-					    root->orphan_block_rsv, 0, 5);
+		ret = btrfs_block_rsv_check(NULL, root, rsv, min_size, 0);
 		if (ret) {
-			BUG_ON(ret != -EAGAIN);
-			ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
-			BUG_ON(ret);
-			continue;
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "Could not get space for a "
+			       "delete, will truncate on mount\n");
+			btrfs_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
+			btrfs_free_block_rsv(root, rsv);
+			goto no_delete;
+		}
+
+		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
+			btrfs_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
+			btrfs_free_block_rsv(root, rsv);
+			goto no_delete;
 		}
 
+		trans->block_rsv = rsv;
+
 		ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans, root, inode, 0, 0);
 		if (ret != -EAGAIN)
 			break;
@@ -3578,14 +3602,17 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 		trans = NULL;
 		btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root, nr);
-
 	}
 
+	btrfs_free_block_rsv(root, rsv);
+
 	if (ret == 0) {
+		trans->block_rsv = root->orphan_block_rsv;
 		ret = btrfs_orphan_del(trans, inode);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
 	}
 
+	trans->block_rsv = &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
 	if (!(root == root->fs_info->tree_root ||
 	      root->root_key.objectid == BTRFS_TREE_RELOC_OBJECTID))
 		btrfs_return_ino(root, btrfs_ino(inode));